"Now that things have changed, it's too late to make a decision."

"How to decide, write to Lu Lin, make it clear to clear the line with Sun Ce, or simply ambush Sun Ce, and pay tribute to the imperial court as a gift?"

"Since the defeat of Huainan, Sun Ce has been stabilizing the brothers of the Shi family in Jiaozhou, and Jiangdong is only letting his younger brother Sun Yi in the stabilization plan, even if he wants to take a stand, that is, to expel the Sun family's forces from these counties, and ambush Sun Ce is afraid that it will not work."

"The Son of Heaven has issued four edicts in a row but there is nothing to do in Jiangdong, is it because we are narrow and the people are widowed Lu Lin can't look down on it, or do we think that Sun Ce is at the end of the road, and I don't pay attention to it at all. But if the Son of Heaven issues an edict to refute Sun Ce as a thief, it will be much easier for us to do things, and it is morally unjustifiable to do it now. ”

"I don't think so, it's very likely that Lin Mo is beating us, he wants to tell us that even if he doesn't have our help, he Lin Mo has the ability to clean up Sun Ce and Jiangdong."

Jiangdong, Wu County, Wu County, Wu County, Lu Jiazheng Hall, four men sat in the southeast, northwest and northwest.

Beiwei is a twenty-three or four-year-old man with a majestic appearance, elegant and dignified, the contemporary head of the Lu family, and the one with the deepest military attainments among the four major families, Lu Xun.

Sitting in the south seat is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a Confucian robe and a Confucian crown, exuding a poetic and scholarly temperament, Gu Yong, the first prime minister of the founding of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.

The man sitting in the east seat was the same age as Gu Yong, but his face was slightly serious, and he had a feeling of not being angry but threatening.

In fact, his name is not very loud in this era or in later generations, but his son's name is still very loud, and he is also the next head of the family, Zhang Wen.

Finally, there is the person sitting in the west, who is a few years older than Lu Xun, with a resolute face with a little frost, although he is from a luxurious family, but he has a very heavy military spirit, and he is also the most powerful general in the four major families, Zhu Huan.

During the period of Sun Quan's party and government, Cao Ren sent troops to launch the Battle of Weixukou, Zhu Huan fought back, severely damaged Cao's army, killed Chang Diao, captured Wang Shuang alive, and beheaded the Wei army.

The contemporary heads of the four major families in Jiangdong gathered at the Lu family in Wu County on this day, and what they discussed was one thing, whether to submit to Lu Lin, and if so, how to return to it.

In fact, this is not the first time that such a meeting has been held, as early as after learning of Sun Ce's defeat in Huainan, the four major families immediately gathered to meet, because Lu Xun had already received a letter from Lin Mo, and with the bad debts between the Lu family and the Sun family in the early years, he agreed to sell Sun Ce.

But the situation at that time was not as clear as it is today, Sun Ce was defeated, but in the early stage, the four major families exchanged interests with Sun Ce, and the clansmen served as officials in various counties and counties, and the four major families gave Sun Ce great support in terms of money and food.

Although this is an exchange of interests, but after all, the bet has already been placed, and the other three do not want to withdraw rashly, or they will all be lost, and after all, Lu Lin's soldiers and horses did not come across the river, and the situation will not be precarious.

But now it is different, the Son of Heaven was actually taken captive into the hands of Lu Lin, which means that Lu Lin and the others have changed from the previous warlords and princes to the power of the court, and they can stand on their feet morally.

At this time, as long as the imperial court announced to the outside world that he was coerced by Cao Cao to worship Sun Cebai, he and Cao Cao were really embarrassed and became a giant thief of the Han Dynasty.

Then, the four major families can justifiably drive the forces of the Sun family to welcome Lu Lin into Jiangdong.

But there was nothing in Jiangdong in the four edicts, and Sun Ce was ignored, and the four family heads panicked for a while.

Lu Lin, who has the Son of Heaven, is definitely worth defecting, if he waits for the war to burn in Jiangdong and then surrenders, the meaning will be completely different.

It's just that the four major families also want face, so why don't you give a step or something, but people disdain.

Therefore, Lu Xun will analyze, it is not that Lu Lin looks down on Jiangdong, he let the Son of Heaven give an order like this, obviously to knock the four major families, let you stand in line on your own, and the speed must be faster.

"In the past, we didn't make the first choice when people took the initiative to show favor, but now we suddenly made a move against Sun Ce, I am afraid that in Lu Lin's heart, the weight of our four major families will drop again and again, and now we will make another move, how to gain a firm foothold in the battle of undercurrents in the future." Gu Yong, the old fox, shook his head and said.

In fact, this matter has dragged on to this day, in addition to the fact that they don't want to make a fuss on Sun Ce, there is another important reason, that is, both sides have not negotiated the price.

Since it is a transaction, it must be given a reasonable price, from Lin Mo's previous letter, it was just mentioned that Lu Xun's talent should not be delayed in vain, what is the point of this kind of painless words, what they want is a promise, and what they want is a price that is enough to induce them to take the initiative.

Although the current situation is passive, it is not the pattern of the four major families to immediately use their hot faces to stick to other people's cold butts.

"To put it mildly, if there is no territory in Jiangdong and no contribution from our four major families, then he Sun Ce will only be left with a barren land in Jiaozhou, which is safe and difficult, let alone recover.

But if our four major families do their best, they may not be able to ensure that Sun Ce will rise again, there is a world of difference between one and the other, and he Lin Mo will not be able to calculate this account. ”

Zhu Huan's face was cold, and the implication was also very clear, our four major families are still qualified to ask for something with him Lu Lin.

"The situation hasn't come to this point, I still think that Lin Mo is deliberately beating our four families."

Lu Xun shook the teacup in his hand and chuckled: "In this way, I will send a letter to Xuchang first, to find out what Lin Mo means, everyone understands people, for the sake of the family, he will understand." ”

Lu Xun's core meaning is very clear, even if our four major families bowed their heads in the past, you Lin Mo should give a price that is acceptable to both parties.

Zhang Yun and Zhu Huan looked at Gu Yong one after another, obviously asking for his opinion, and the latter nodded slowly, "This is also a way to be old-fashioned, and let's see what Lin Mo's attitude is, if he doesn't tolerate people, he will defect to the past and the future, we are afraid that we will not even be able to fight the Huainan Gang, let alone survive in many forces." ”

Zhang Yun, who hadn't spoken much, frowned, "What should Sun Ce do, he has already written three letters, and Sun Yi has also come to the door many times, this matter has been delayed again and again, I'm afraid he will find out." ”

"What if you notice something?"

Zhu Huan said disapprovingly: "Now Sun Ce is like a tiger without minions, there is no need to worry, if he comes alone, it is a question whether he can go back, if he leads troops into Jiangdong, then we will block the land of these three counties, if he does it first, we will save the reason." ”

Gu Yong coughed dryly, and said in a deep voice: "He has already bet all the bets up, and now it is not his word to mobilize us, if we delay, he can only wait, there is no big problem in this regard." ”

"Zhang Zhao Zhang Hong, do you want to inform me?" Zhang Yun asked again.

"Not necessarily."

This time it was Lu Xun who spoke, "He has already tested the two of them separately, and they don't have any hope for Sun Ce, the Son of Heaven is now in the hands of Lu Lin, and the two of them want to vote for Lu Lin more than us, just waiting for us to nod." ”

In the land of Jiangdong, of course, Erzhang also has some influence, but they are Xuzhou people after all, and they can't enter the core circle of the four major families.

Now it is in the stage of negotiation with Lu Lin again, and they are even more reluctant to let the two of them mix too much, once they change their course in the future, they are likely to turn around and join the circle of Xuzhou scholars, and everyone will be better at what they say.

Xuchang, in the imperial garden of the palace, Liu Xie, who was wearing a dark python robe, wandered among them.

The cold winter has just gone, and the early spring has begun, even if there are actually no flowers in the imperial garden, but what Liu Xie wants to see is not flowers, but feeling the breath of freedom, and his thoughts can't help but churn.

In 196, the first year of Jian'an, Liu Xie was kidnapped by Cao Cao and went to Xuchang and changed to Jian'an.

From that day on, Liu Xie began his shadowy puppet career in this palace in Xuchang.

In the blink of an eye, it is already the tenth year.

It is ridiculous to say that in this ten-year puppet career, his scope of activities was limited to the palace, and he has been to this imperial garden many times, but he has never been as leisurely as today.

Looking back on the past, and looking at the present, it all seems like a dream bubble.

After returning to Xuchang again, the smoothness was completely beyond his imagination, and Lu Lin not only did not give him a personal opinion on the selection of the three princes and nine secretaries, nor did he hint at all.

Although this is not enough to show that Lu Lin has no desire for power, at least they have not handed over the military power yet.

Of course, Liu Xie didn't dare to say this idea rashly, if he could get to this point, which one would be a gentle and deceitful person, but no matter what, in front of Lu Lin, he would always be better than Cao Cao.

This can be seen from the current board.

There is Yang Biao in three kilometers, Jiuqingli, and the position that has been set at present, Shaofu Geng Ji is his own person, as long as the two positions of Wei Wei and Lang Zhongling are taken again, this game of chess will be completely lived.

When the time comes, you can take over the defense of Miyagi at any time as long as you want, of course, that means when you have to do so.

If the current situation can continue, Liu Xie feels that it is not impossible to regain power without bloodshed.

But he didn't dare to be too aggressive, he couldn't figure out the true thoughts of Lu Lin and the others, after all, everything was developing in a favorable direction, which allowed him to see a bright future.

Hope is a good thing, precious.

"Your Majesty, I want to see you."

After the chamberlain stepped forward to ask for instructions, Liu Xie waved his hand, "Edict." ”

Then, he walked to the side of the stone pavilion and sat down, at this time, most of the time to decide the two most critical positions, this game, must win, and even the rhetoric he is ready.

"Wechen greets Your Majesty." Lin Mo walked to the stone pavilion and bowed.

In the past, Cao Cao's official robe was now wrapped around the youngest Sikong in history, Liu Xie looked at the young Sikong, and took the initiative to get up and lead him, "Aiqing is here, it's not a court meeting, so you don't have to be formal, sit down." ”

Although Liu Xie was smiling on his lips, he didn't like Lin Mo from the bottom of his heart.

If you really want to talk about it, whether it is Lu Bu or Lin Mo, they are all courteous to him, they are more disciplined than Cao Cao, and they will come to ask for instructions on everything, they are indeed the appearance of a minister.

It's just that when this young Sikong, who was about the same age as himself, stood in front of him, he always felt that he didn't know what the other party was thinking, of course Cao Cao was a big traitor, but Liu Xie knew what he wanted to do and what he wanted.

Lin Mo is different, he always feels that Lin Mo's politeness to himself is made, he is really so sincere, why don't you hand over the military power.

Liu Xie didn't dare to mention this thing rashly, for fear that too much rashness would make Lu Lin and the others uneasy, so although the future is bright, it still needs to be slowly figured out.

"Aiqing is here to play?" Liu Xie asked tentatively.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is indeed in trouble."

After Lin Mo finished speaking, he glanced at the waiter who was waiting beside Liu Xie, and before Liu Xie could speak, the waiter bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is discussing state affairs with Sikong, and the villain is waiting on the side." ”

After the servant left, Lin Mocai bowed his hand again with a heavy face, "Your Majesty, if the minister makes a mistake in speaking, please forgive me." ”

"No matter what, Aiqing doesn't hurt to say it." Liu Xie chuckled in his heart, is he finally going to attack Lang Zhongling and Wei Wei?

"Weichen and Taiwei both started an incident in Qianmo, and they were reckless in the midst of national disasters, so they still understand what the people of the world think."

Looking up at the king, as an assassin king, Lin Mo had to pay attention to his eyes when he spoke, "Weichen wants to ask Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty knows where the root of the chaos in the world is." ”

This question made Liu Xie a little confused, didn t you come to ask for lang zhongling and wei wei this is

Soon, Liu Xie had a guess in his heart, this is to test me, right?

Although he has been a puppet in the palace for many years, he will not fall behind what he should learn, in order to become a real emperor one day.

Liu Xie took a deep breath and muttered: "Since Huan and Ling, the imperial court has become increasingly corrupt, and even the Son of Heaven has sold his official beard and only cares about pleasure, not to mention the officials in the county, who oppressed and abused the people, ate the people and became fat, which led to the Zhangjiao Yellow Turban Riot.

In order to quickly pacify the chaos, the imperial court restored the state pastoral system in the Guangwu period, which led to the local princes becoming bigger and out of the control of the imperial court, and finally it became a great chaos in the world in which the princes divided and attacked each other over the years. ”

As a puppet, it is not easy to see the problem to this point.

After all, there are Taifu scholars around him, but most of them pay attention to Confucianism, and few really understand the sufferings of the people.

Lin Mo shook his head slightly and said, "In Weichen's opinion, what His Majesty said is just an appearance, not an internal cause. ”

"Oh?"

Seeing Lin Mo's deep appearance and questioning his academics, Liu Xie was interested, "What is the internal cause of what Aiqing said?" ”

At that time, in the early spring, it was warm and cold, and on the side, there was still the royal beast gold charcoal baking, Lin Mo's right hand flicked lightly above the charcoal fire, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the root cause of the chaos in the world lies in the power of the family. ”

"The power of the family is too strong?"

Liu Xie was a little staggered, some confrontational forces had indeed formed over the years in the imperial dynasty, such as the confrontation between eunuchs and relatives, scholars, and the direct collision between imperial power and scholars in the early years.

Behind the scholars is naturally the family that stands in the world, in other words, the collision between the imperial power and the family has always existed for so many years.

Families, large and small, raised thousands or tens of thousands of serfs, owned a large amount of land, could legally avoid taxes, and controlled the monopoly of knowledge.

To say that the strength of these people is not strong, Liu Xie himself does not agree.

But the problem is that the operation of the dynasty itself is inseparable from these scholars, who will serve as officials, big and small? You can't let an illiterate outcast.

Therefore, such confrontation is inevitable, and at the same time, it complements each other.

But Lin Mo said that they caused chaos in the world, and this concept was a bit ahead of Liu Xie's time and obviously unacceptable.

Looking at the stunned Liu Xie, Lin Mo was not surprised, smiled softly, and explained:

"The foundation of the family lies in the land, the serfs at hand, and the inheritance of literature.

Wechen first talked about the issue of land, where did their land come from, the people.

Because the people do not have the ability to resist risks, natural disasters, man-made disasters or the most common diseases may force them to transfer their land to the family and lose their foundation.

And the people who have lost their farmland will eventually become serfs in captivity by their families.

As the years passed, there were more and more land and serfs in the hands of the family, and these people relied on the family to survive, for them, the court and His Majesty were too far away, and the head of the family was the one who controlled the fate.

Therefore, as long as the head of the family gives the order, they will even take up arms and become soldiers, which is a factor of instability.

Again, the fields and serfs in the hands of the family can avoid taxes, and it sounds like evasion, but where did these taxes that should have been generated go, that is, they fell into their own pockets in disguise.

On the other hand, in order to ensure that the imperial court taxes would not fall, the only way to make up for this gap was to raise taxes to the people who were still paying taxes, and under the vicious circle, the people eventually became serfs.

One day, when they can't survive anymore, they will come out of the second and third corners.

But who really cleaned up the aftermath after Zhang Jiao appeared?

It's Your Majesty, it's the Imperial Court. ”

The words made Liu Xie fall into a great shock.

The family's annexation of land led to the people's misery, and at the same time contributed to the strength of the family, and the increasingly oppressed people finally embraced a horn

And the appearance of Zhang Jiao, in the end, it was himself who paid the bill.

This statement almost subverts Liu Xie's basic understanding of the instability of the imperial world in the past, and no one in the Confucian school of moderation will tell him this great truth.

But after tasting the essence of it, Liu Xie had to admit that it was very reasonable, especially when these words came out of the mouth of a young Sikong who came up from the bottom, and the gold content was naturally high enough.

Based on these words alone, it shows that the young Sikong in front of him is definitely not a powerful minister who can only play with people's hearts, he really has insights into social governance.

Liu Xie has heard too many high-sounding clichés like the people and Haiyan Heqing, but it is really the first time for him to have such a penetrating and point-to-point analysis as Lin Mo.

Of course, this should be inseparable from his experience.

But

Why did he say this to me, because he wanted to show his true talent?

Liu Xie's solemn chin bowed, "What Aiqing said made me suddenly open." So, Aiqing thinks, how to solve this problem? ”

(End of chapter)